Emerging Opportunities on the Geoweb
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Emerging Opportunitieson the GeoWeb
Dev Khare
dkhare at venrock dot com / www.NextWala.com
May 2008
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Geo Is Impacting Many Industries
Travel Telecom
Logistics Real EstateTechnology Automotive
Media Advertising Retail
Sports
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Many (New) Ways to Consume Geo
Laptop Mobile PND
OutdoorsOn person Marine
Ambient
Paper
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GeoWeb
What’s hot Apps: 3D maps, location-based social
networking, location/map widgets, user-generated content entry
Enabling: WiFi locationing, standards (KML, geoRSS, ..), media geotagging, open source maps
Opportunities Apps: Geobrowser, local
communities, location-based vertical content networks, real places within virtual worlds, connecting online to offline, predictive algorithms for geoactivity (retail, traffic, travel, ..)
Enabling: ad network/ ad serving for maps, UGC geodata aggregation, location brokers
Image source: Everyscape.com
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GeoMobile
What’s hot Apps: Location-based social
networking/dating/flirting, local search/reviews, 2D maps/navigation
Enabling: WiFi locationing, iPhone, Android
Opportunities in the next few years Apps: Geobrowser, location-based
gaming, geocommerce, 3D maps/navigation, local communities
Enabling: Location-based ad network for mobile, MMS, cellphone GPS data aggregation, location presence management
Image source: Where.com
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GeoCar
What’s hot Apps: Real-time traffic, connected
services/telematics, local search, navigation
Enabling: Connected personal navigation devices, Ford Sync, nav software, WIMAX, data MVNOs
Opportunities Apps: location-based gaming,
geocommerce, ADAS, on-board diagnostics, services for electric cars, personalized insurance
Enabling: Location-based audio/display advertising, embedded natural language speech recognition, on-board databases
Image source: Wired Magazine
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GeoVoice
What’s hot Apps: Automated directory
assistance Enabling: Text-to-speech,
automated speech recognition
Opportunities Apps: Search, navigation, user-
generated audio Enabling: Location-based audio
advertising, location-based radio, multi-modal integration with mobile/PND displays, natural language processing
Image source: Corbis
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Emerging Markets – GeoMobile, GeoVoice
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Investor and Acquirer Interest is High
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Thank You
This presentation is available online http://www.slideshare.net/dkman
Contact me if you are building a geo company! Email: dkhare at venrock dot com Technology Blog: http://www.NextWala.com Travel Blog: http://shahkhare.typepad.com
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Selected Venrock Geo and Media Investments
Mobile social networking
Location enabled mobile platform
Nationwide, real-time, predictive
traffic information
Mobile advertising company focused
on rich media messaging
Open Linux system platform provider for mobile devices
Online advertising service provider
and network focused on web
publishers
Content and community site
focused on anime and Asian content
Media property focused on blogging for
women by women
Business information search
engine for industries,
companies, people
World’s largest community for
sharing presentations
Content management software for
handsets
More at http://www.venrock.com